META: Scores in BBall Post Titles
I have a question about main page posts with scores in the title.
What do people think about having the score in the Basketball posts? e.g. "Maryland 66, Michigan 56"
I truly dislike it and would prefer that the score not be in the title. Rather, something like "Maryland Michigan Game Report". Obviously, I understand that this is less informative. But I have had the result of several games this season "spoiled" due to the MGoBlog HD App sending me the headlines to my phone.
Almost all the time, I truly appreciate the feature of the system that sends the title of a new post that is available. But, especially with kids activities, I am very often watching the game on a one- or two-hour delay. Also, even if I'm home to watch, I'll often TiVo the game and start watching 30 minutes after it begins to be able to skip through as many commercials as possible.
For what it is worth, I'm not suggesting that the first line of the post be anything other than the result. I know it is silly to try to stay in media blackout in this time of twitter and realtime updates for everything. But I would really rather not know the outcome if I can avoid it. And it is hard for me to avoid those banner updates as I'm often needing to check my phone for other messages, emails, etc.
Who is for and who is against this idea?
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It is a sad indictment on society and phone use when the idea of turning a phone off or adjusting settings seems unconscionable.
Do you get phone calls? Texts? Personal contact during the game that might ruin it? If you are able to isolate yourselves from that, you can with less effort turn off the notifications on your phone
Live event results will always be spoiled unless you take ridiculous precautions.
as witnessed by that one episode in every sitcom that goes past 5 seasons. Protagonist/neighbor/father/brother/roommate has to work late and records the game and goes to incredible lengths that always fail.
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Does any version of the app push notifications to the header/console? If not, best option is just not open the app until you've seen the game. I have a kid too and don't always see games live, but I don't see why Ace and co. should change their style so as not to "spoil" a game already played just because people like me are behind.
I can't remember the game, but I had successfully avoided friends, family and chats with everyone about one of our football games. I had even somehow managed to convince my wife to queue up the game in a manner such that I wouldn't see any scores or commentary.
I was within moments of getting it rolling, or it may have even been somewhere within a suspenseful 3rd quarter, and POP! A message from MGoBlog pops up on my phone. Not via text message... nope, the outcome of the game included in the title and there was no way for me to avoid it.
I'm in favor of it.
but I think it's a reasonable request. Turning notifications off after games and then on again is a bit of a nuisance.
Jeez by the responses in this thread you'd think OP was asking them to sacrifice their firstborn.
You'd think by the responses in this thread that turning off notifications on your phone was some kind of hardship. Has this world really come to "it's too damn annoying to spend two seconds changing my settings"??
notifications so the many who want the information should not get it. This makes perfect sense. /s
The vast majority of respones are "change the settings on your phone". Asking a whole site to change how it operates because you don't know how you change your iPhone is what is drawing the ire of many.
hired as the football coach. I want to be surprised when he runs on the field for the first game. Please don't ruin my surprise.
We got our man!
that picture would be funny if it were not so terrifying
You are some fan
I sincerely hope the staff ignores this request. I want scores in the titles.
Seems reasonable.
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Sometimes I miss games because of work and use the notifications on my phone as the way to get the final score. That's why I like having the score in there.
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Let me get this straight: you are so anxious to know everything this site posts the instant it gets posted that you have push notifications to let you know a new article is available, but when it comes to game scores, you're happier sitting through the 2-3 hours of commercials, scoring draughts and terrible foul management to be surprised at the end?
Just turn off notifications from the app...problem solved.
I will personally text you the final score. And sky-write the final score over your house. And roam your neighborhood with the speaker car from Blues Brothers yelling the final score.
This makes about as much sense as trying to tell everyone in the world to stop tweeting about Game of Thrones instead of you just signing off for the night.
This is your problem. You fix it.